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George Clooney, Michelle Williams Receive Oscar Nominations
Originally posted 01/24/2012 08:45AM
Comedy counts in Hollywood, for once, with two surprise nominations for Bridesmaids, for Supporting Actress Melissa McCarthy and Best Screenplay writer Kristen Wiig, according to this year's Oscar nominations, announced early Tuesday at the Beverly Hills headquarters of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
As anticipated – given earlier honors from critics' group and the Golden Globes – nominations in the Best Picture category included those for director Alexander Payne's family drama set in Hawaii The Descendants (five nods) and the love letters to early movies, The Artist, with 10 nominations, and Martin Scorsese's Hugo, with 11. In all, nine films received Best Picture nominations.
Acting nods went to, among others, those friendly rivals George Clooney, for The Descendants, and Brad Pitt, for Moneyball.
For Best Actress, Michelle Williams was cited for her turn as Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn, as was Meryl Streep, who plays former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in The Iron Lady.
Streep's nomination is her 17th – an all-time Academy record. (Both Jack Nicholson and Katharine Hepburn received 12 nominations; he won three times and she won four.) Streep has won twice, as Best Supporting Actress for 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer, and as Best Actress for 1982's Sophie's Choice.
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Ricky Gervais Packs Less Punch at Golden Globes
Originally posted 01/16/2012 09:45AM
Where was Ricky?
You can only shock the monkey so many times. If the monkey is an actor, it will learn to pretend to like it.
That seemed to happen with Ricky Gervais's disappointing return to the Golden Globes Sunday night on NBC. In last year's rude but delightful show, he insulted Robert Downey Jr., Johnny Depp and more with a kind of delirious, infantile happiness, like the world's smarmiest baby. This time, given all the hype, he might have been expected to go nuclear. But he was like a less reverent Billy Crystal.
If he had once been a fly in the ointment, this time the ointment rose up around the fly and neutralized it with a swallow.
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Golden Globes: The Artist, Meryl Streep & Claire Danes Win Big
Originally posted 01/15/2012 11:20PM
Despite an off-color remark or two from host Ricky Gervais, Sunday's 69th annual Golden Globe Awards proved to be something unexpected – family friendly.
Named best actress for the TV drama Homeland, Claire Danes said that when she won her first Globe, for 1994's My So-Called Life, she was only 15 – and was so overwhelmed that she forgot to thank her parents.
She made up for that oversight on Sunday, and pointed out her mother, Carla, sitting in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Danes also thanked her husband, Hugh Dancy, "who keeps me sane and happy."
Throughout the evening, many winners took time to remember members of their families. The Artist's best comedy actor, Jean Dujardin, thanked "my beautiful and talented wife." (The movie was also named best picture comedy or musical.)
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Golden Globes Banquet Menu Revealed
Originally posted 01/14/2012 06:00PM
An embarrassment of dishes: The nominees of this year's Golden Globes have three courses of deliciousity to feast upon, thanks to the Beverly Hilton's executive hotel chef, Suki Sugiura, and executive pastry chef Thomas Henzi.
The evening's culinary fireworks kick off with pistachio-crusted pistou ravioli with wild arugula, smoked tomato, kabocha compote and burrata cheese.
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George Clooney, Ryan Gosling Lead Golden Globe Nominations
Originally posted 12/15/2011 08:45AM
Ricky Gervais, start sharpening your tongue – the Golden Globes are off and running.
Among those in the spotlight thanks to Thursday's nominations: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Michelle Williams, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara, Tilda Swinton, Jodie Foster, Kristen Wiig, Viola Davis, Meryl Streep and Glenn Close.
Also in the running in the leading categories are Modern Family, Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey and Homeland, among others.
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George Clooney, Julianna Margulies Among Screen Actors Guild Nominees
Originally posted 12/14/2011 09:15AM
George Clooney , Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Michelle Williams were among the nominees announced Wednesday for the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards, traditionally an accurate prognosticator for the Academy Awards.
Clooney, DiCaprio and Pitt, three of Hollywood's biggest stars, will square off against two relative unknowns, Demian Bichir and Jean Dujardin, in the category of best actor.
Williams is joined by Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Meryl Streep and Tilda Swinton in the race for best actress.
The five movies nominated for best cast ensemble are The Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants, The Help and Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris.
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Anne Hathaway & Adam Shulman Get Cozy at Movie Premiere in N.Y.C.
Originally posted 12/14/2011 09:30AM
Two weeks after Anne Hathaway confirmed her engagement to actor (and jewelry designer) Adam Shulman, what is the Oscar nominated actress enjoying the most?
"Being with him," she told PEOPLE with a big smile at Tuesday's New York premiere of Meryl Streep's new film, The Iron Lady.
Hathaway, 29, and Shulman, 30, stuck together at the screening. The two, both dressed in matching black attire, entered the Ziegfeld Theatre holding hands as they made their way to the auditorium. Once they found their seats, Hathaway got cozy with her fiancé – and the two laughed and chatted with each other.
– Paul Chi
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Meryl Streep's Daughter, Mamie Gummer, Is Married
Originally posted 07/20/2011 11:00AM
Meryl Streep's latest role? Mother of the bride.
The actress's eldest daughter, Mamie Gummer, tied the knot over the weekend, PEOPLE has confirmed.
Gummer, 27, who starred in ABC's Off the Map, wed actor Ben Walker, 29, Saturday at the family estate in Connecticut.
Among the 150 guests helping the couple celebrate their nuptials at the lakeside ceremony: Claire Danes, Tracey Ullman and Laura Linney, reports The Washington Post.
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Meryl Streep Plays Margaret Thatcher
Originally posted 02/08/2011 05:00PM
Meryl Streep is nothing if not masterful at channeling real-life figures in her films. After successfully playing Julia Child in 2009's Julie & Julia,, her latest transformation is equally impressive.
Witness the first photo of the actress as former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Streep, 61, began shooting the biopic, The Iron Lady, in January, according to U.K.'s The Telegraph. The film is reportedly set in 1982, chronicling 17 days of Thatcher's life leading up to the Falklands War and how she dealt with the events.
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Oprah Winfrey Gives $40 Million to Charity
Originally posted 12/10/2010 07:00PM
She's not all talk.
Oprah Winfrey is the most charitable celebrity – by a huge margin – giving away more than $40 million primarily through the Oprah Winfrey Foundation for causes including education and programs for women and children, according to a national philanthropic group.
Novelist Nora Roberts came in second, donating $4.45 million to the Nora Roberts Foundation to support literacy in underserved communities, followed by actress Meryl Streep, who gave $4 million to the Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts.
These contributions were made in 2009, the most recent year financial information was available, according to The Giving Back Fund, which compiled the celebrity list.
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